Bill Text: TX SB258 | 2027-2028 | 90th Legislature Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to factors the commissioner of insurance may consider when reviewing individual health benefit plan rates for excessiveness.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (? 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-11-09 - Filed [SB258 Detail]
Download: Texas-2027-SB258-Introduced.html
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| By: Rehmet | S.B. No. 258 | |
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| relating to factors the commissioner of insurance may consider when | ||
| reviewing individual health benefit plan rates for excessiveness. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1698.052, Insurance Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) In determining whether a rate for an individual health | ||
| benefit plan, including a qualified health plan, is excessive for | ||
| purposes of this chapter and any other applicable law, the | ||
| commissioner may consider whether the rate is affordable and | ||
| whether the health benefit plan issuer has implemented effective | ||
| strategies to enhance the affordability of its rates. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| rates for health benefit plan coverage delivered, issued for | ||
| delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2029. Rates for health | ||
| benefit plan coverage delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed | ||
| before January 1, 2029, are governed by the law in effect | ||
| immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027. | ||
